Instead of a soup-focused menu — which might be limiting during warmer months, when people aren’t craving a big, steaming bowl of comfort — the new iteration will feature smoked meat sandwiches, salads, a vegetarian Reuben made with beets, and yes, some chicken soup, updated with Yemenite hawaijj spice. There’s also dessert — most notably, a black and white bourbon milkshake.

Oh, and here’s the best part: 100% of the proceeds from The Rooster will be going to Broad Street Ministry’s Hospitality Collaborative, a Philadephia-based non-profit dedicated to providing “radical hospitality” to those in need of food and shelter in the city. (This was also true of Rooster Soup Co.)

Yemenite Matzo Ball Soup, Image by Alexandra Hawkins

Solmonov just keeps giving us reasons to head to Philly to nosh. Stay tuned for his latest cookbook, Israeli Soul, coming out this fall, and an exclusive Nosher interview as well.